EAST COAST SECONDARY SCHOOL

MIDTERM EXAMINATIONS MARCH 2016

FORM 4 INFORMATION AND COMPUTER STUDIES TIME: 03:00 Hours

NAME: ________________________________________

Instructions

1. Answer all questions

2. Write your answers in the space provided
3. Each question carries 10 marks

1. Underline the correct answer.

2. Name the icons using the following terms:

3. Look at the picture below and answer the questions that follows below:

(a) Write the name of the folder that has the sub-folder Pets: _______________________________

(b) Write the name of one of the sub-folders of the Science folder: __________________________

(c) How many sub-folders are there in the Animals folder _________________________________

(d) Underline the correct answer:

(i) Pictures and Sounds are both sub-folders of (Pets, Plants, Animals).

(ii) The file Parrot.bmp is in (C:\Science\Animals, C:\Science\Pets, C:\Science).

(iii) The Animals folder has a sub-folder that is not expanded.

This is (Plants, Python27, Sounds).

4. Fill in the blanks using the words below:

5. Look at the picture below and complete by writing the number of the most suitable tool
button to do the job.

(a) To make the selected text appear bold. ________

(b) To change the text colour. ________

(c) To change the font face. ________

(d) To centre a title. ________

(e) To apply shadow effect to selected text. ________

(f) To insert a shape such as a block arrow. ________

(g) To make a shape appear in front of others. ________

(h) To insert a numbered list. ________

(i) To insert a copied shape in a slide. ________

(j) To copy the format of a title (Format Painter). ________

6. Fill in the blanks using the words below:

7. Look at the picture to the left and write the matching number of the slide layout next to the
following instructions:

(i) Add a slide which will contain only the title _______________________

(ii) Add a slide which will contain a chart or picture. ___________________

(iii) Add a slide with a title and a bulleted list. ________________________

(iv) Add a slide with a title and a sub-title ___________________________

8. Look at the picture below and complete the following:

(a) How many slides are there in the Aquarium.pptx presentation? ______________
(b) Fill in using the number of the most suitable tool button to do the job.

(i) Kaya wants to insert a text box to label the pictures in slide 2. She should click on
button number _____

(ii) Paul wants to insert a clipart of a fish bowl. He should click on button number _____

(iii) Paul and Kaya would like to show some data about fish using a table. To insert a table
they need tool number _____

(iv) Kaya has a picture of an Angel Fish. To insert it in the slide she should use
button number _____
(v) Paul wants to show fish data using a Pie Chart. He should use button _____
9 . Look at the picture below and then answer the questions in the space provided.

(i) Answer the following:

(a) Write the name of the workbook. ___________________

(b) How many worksheets does the workbook contain? ___________________

(c) What can be done to switch to worksheet Shop C? ______________________________

(ii) To select the cells from A1 to E1, you first select A1, hold the ___________________ key
from the keyboard and click in cell E1.

(iii) Write the result that should appear in cell E2. ___________________

(iv) The formula in cell E2 will give the expected result. However, it is good practice to change it
to = C2*D2. Explain why.
___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

(v) Write the formula that should be typed in cell E6 ___________________

(vi) In cell E9 write the formula to find the value of the amount of VAT at 18%. ______________

(vii) Write the formula that should be entered in cell E10 to find the total of the values in cells E8
and E9. ___________________
(viii) Give one reason why it is better to use an electronic spreadsheet rather than the pencil and
paper method to work out the bill.
___________________________________________________________________________

10. (a) Look carefully at the following text and answer the questions that follow.

(i) The word processing feature used to produce the title Cooking Around the World is
referred to as:
(ii) The selected picture on the document has 8 small round circles around it. These are
called ______________________ from which the picture can be ________________________
(iii) The insertion cursor is currently seen between the two words __________________________
and ______________________

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(b) (i) A new paragraph needs to be inserted after ‘...creamy one. ’ (at the end of the
second paragraph). To do this one has to click the mouse at the end of the paragraph
and hit the ____________________________ button on the keyboard.
(ii) This question is about the use of Effects in a word processor. Look carefully at the
picture below and answer the question that follows by entering the Effect name in the
space provided.
At the end of the first and second paragraphs both texts finish with raised numbers. The effect is
obtained when ________________________________ is check marked.

End of Examination Paper